BY AMY WRIGHT GLENN PhillyVoice Contributor It took over 70 years of determined, dogged and dedicated effort to gain the right for women to vote in the United States. Seventy years. The women and men who initially campaigned for universal … Read More
5/5 (1) Abstract According to Brian Morris (2013), “Science supports infant circumcision” and “so should skeptics.” It would be more accurate to say that ‘Brian Morris supports infant circumcision,’ and that skeptics can think for themselves. In this paper, we … Read More
5/5 (1) How Male Circumcision Harms Women Ronald Goldman, Ph.D. from Circumcision.org Also available at http://www.circumcision.org/harmswomen.htm Marilyn Milos didn’t know much about circumcision when she consented to have her three sons circumcised. She trusted her doctor who told her it did … Read More
4.64/5 (14) Do the benefits of male circumcision outweigh the risks? The U.S. Centers for Disease Control — echoing the 2012 policy statement of the American Academy of Pediatrics — have recently suggested that they do. What many Americans … Read More
The full text of this article is available below, but the PDF version is recommended. Brian D. Earp* Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have announced a set … Read More
AAby Jessica Wapner Mosiac, Feb. 24, 2015 Also available on the Mosaic website © Gemma Tickle at East Photographic On a recent Saturday morning, Craig Adams stood outside the Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, New Jersey. It was … Read More
[Note: this article ignores that most of the rest of the civilized world does not practice circumcision. The author seems unaware of this fact and instead lumps anti-circumcision parents together with anti-vaccination parents, apparently intending to demean both together. However, … Read More
Young Americans less supportive of circumcision at birth Peter Moore YouGov, Feb. 3, 2015 Also available on the YouGov website Few circumcised men wish that they hadn’t been circumcised, but younger Americans aren’t convinced that the procedure should be routine … Read More
5/5 (1) About the Author Sam Carnes RT(T) CMD is an intact man who is a medical professional and an intactivist. After finishing active duty military time in 2006, he went to IUPUI and received a Bachelor of Science in … Read More
Women who have been subjected to genital cutting are too rarely critical of what they have undergone. Two different strategies to prepare girls for circumcision have been observed. One gives the girls some preliminary information and the other shrouds the … Read More